Mora is not able to catch herself or in any way prevent herself from crashing into Eliana. She yelps.

And she goes after Shade, hard and fast - not playing anymore.

Much, at least.

Shade's no slouch, but she's not the Yew Queen.

She gets everyone pinned down, puts her hands on her hips, and declares, "I think I win."

"Yes, that seems... true."

"You all fought well, but there's a few obvious points to fix."

"Of course."

"The first - you drew me into the fight too soon, rather than first building your strength and letting Mora get some momentum behind her."

"Second! It was far too obvious Mora was doing something significant."

"Third! It was far too easy for me to locate and close with Mora."

"Fair points. But not unsolvable."

"Exactly. The other problems - like coordinating better among yourselves - sadly mostly take practice."

"Not something in infinite supply, alas."

"Pity. Still, we can drill a few more times, how about?"

"Now that you know our best trick," Shade grumps.

"I can pretend I don't."

"Pretend how hard?"

"Like I haven't even considered people might have other magics, perhaps?"

"Okay."

And she proceeds to run the group through a few more - rather exhausting - practice fights. She always wins, but they lose more slowly each time, and even get a few blows in.

She's fairly good at pointing out and correcting where their teamwork is slipping, too.

All very helpful.

"Our best bet against our final enemy will probably be using as much subterfuge as we can - at least long enough to give Mora time to work. Sadly, I think he might recognize me and escalate fairly quickly if I confront him right off the bat..."

"Shade and I to begin with then, and you intervene to cut him off before he raises too far."

"That seems like a good strategy, yes."

"Then we should take him."

"As soon as possible, darling. Let's rest, and then we can begin our ultimate Hunt."

"All right."